He is a boxer and also a drag queen; the unusual combination produced a good short film

Very well directed, filmed, acted, editted, produced (nice art direction too) and written short film on a gay skillful amateur boxer who is also a drag queen. Prejudice and lack of discipline are his main rivals. Both a good boxing movie and a good queer film.

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